Chennai, Tamil Nadu- Work Type: Full Time

Job Summary:
- Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Materials, or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Experience: 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in the aerospace composite manufacturing & Assembly process, with at least 1-2 years in a senior or lead capacity.

Key responsibilities:
- Manufacturing Process Development: Establish and optimize production architectures for large composite structures.
- Aircraft & Systems Integration: Oversee the final structural assembly and integration of mechanical systems, avionics, and wire harness into composite airframes, ensuring precise fits and tolerances.
- Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFM/DFA): Work closely with structural design teams early in the development cycle to ensure complex composite parts are inherently manufacturable, scalable, and cost-effective.
- Risk & Defect Management: Conduct Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA). Troubleshoot complex manufacturing defects through structured root cause analysis (RCCA)



and implement corrective actions.
- Documentation & Quality Compliance: Ensure manufacturing and assembly is done as per released documents adhering to aerospace standards & certification requirements.
- Team Leadership: Provide technical guidance, prioritization, and mentorship to a team of manufacturing, integration engineers and technicians.
- Additional Skills:
- Quality Control: Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality workmanship.
- Problem Solving: Ability to identify and resolve manufacturing and assembly issues.
- Teamwork: Ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative team.
- Safety Consciousness: Adherence to safety protocols and procedures.
- Robust familiarity with GD&T; (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing), assembly fits, and metrology.

Job Location: The manufacturing facility is located at the prestigious IIT Madras Thaiyur Campus, Thaiyur Road, Senganam

📌 Composite Manufacturing (Chennai)
🏢 The ePlane
📍 Chennai